Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment of Uterine Fibroids

Uterine fibroids are the most common benign tumors in the female reproductive system and are composed of smooth muscle and connective tissue. According to statistics, about 20% of women of childbearing age suffer from uterine fibroids. Because most fibroids have no or very few symptoms, the clinical incidence rate is far lower than the actual incidence rate. Traditional Chinese medicine classifies it as "stone masses", "syndrome masses" and "metrorrhagia".

TCM refers to traditional Chinese medicine, which is a discipline that studies human physiology, pathology, and the diagnosis and prevention of diseases. TCM theory is derived from the summary of medical experience and the ancient Chinese Yin-Yang and Five Elements thought. Its contents include the theory of essence and qi, the theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements, qi, blood, body fluids, zang-Fu organs, meridians, constitution, etiology, onset, pathogenesis, treatment principles, health preservation, etc. TCM has a complete theoretical system, and its uniqueness lies in the holistic view of "harmony between man and nature" and "correspondence between man and nature" and the treatment based on syndrome differentiation.

The application of traditional Chinese medicine to treat uterine fibroids has its own advantages, and promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, softening and dispersing nodules are the main methods of traditional Chinese medicine. At the same time, treatment should be combined with syndrome differentiation. According to the patient's physical strength, duration of illness and other factors, attack and supplement should be used, or attack first and then supplement, or supplement first and then attack, etc., and treatment should be carried out according to the symptoms. It should be noted that it is not advisable to attack or cut harshly blindly, so as not to damage the vital energy. When using medicine, it is necessary to pay attention to the difference between menstrual period and non-menstrual period, and treat both the symptoms and the root cause.

According to traditional Chinese medicine, uterine fibroids are divided into qi stagnation and blood stasis syndrome, cold-dampness stagnation syndrome, cold-dampness stagnation syndrome, phlegm-dampness stasis syndrome, kidney deficiency and blood stasis syndrome and other syndromes. Different treatment methods are used according to the various syndromes. For patients with blood stasis syndrome, oral treatment with Guizhi Fuling Capsules can also be used.